Lee leaves lasting legacy on Senior Night

Forward becomes program’s single-season goals leader with 18

May 21, 2014

WEBSTER CITY - There were times on Monday when Jesse Lee simply couldn't hide her frustration as Aplington-Parkersburg defenders swarmed her whenever the ball came within reach of her skilled right foot.

All of that frustration was released last night.

A night after being shutout for just the fourth time this season, Lee turned in her fifth multiple-goal match on Tuesday in Webster City's 4-0 rout of Boone on the pitch at Lynx Field.

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DFJ photo by Tracy RunnebergWebster City senior forward Jesse Lee (12) sets to rifle in one of her four goals in the Lynx 4-0 win over Boone last night at Lynx Field. Lee now has a single-season school record 18 goals.

DFJ photo by Tracy RunnebergWebster City’s Grace Bryan (front) passes the ball into the middle of the field during yesterday evening’s 4-0 win over Boone at Lynx Field.

DFJ photo by Tracy Runneberg

DFJ photo by Tracy Runneberg

As the only senior on the Webster City roster, it was fitting for Lee to explode, on Senior Night, no less.

"She certainly went out with a bang," WCHS head coach Paul Baedke said of Lee's effort. "She's been frustrated because teams have been marking her, but this team didn't do that and she tore them up."

It was Lee's second hat trick this spring - she also notched four goals in a 6-0 thumping of Collins-Maxwell-Baxter earlier this month - and it upped her goals total to 18, good for seventh in Class 1A.

Lee's third goal, which came less than eight minutes into the match, gave her the program's single-season record for goals. She leapt over Kelsey Brown, which held the previous mark of 16, set in 2009.

Her first goal came just 1:12 into the bout off a throw in, and she scored again with 36:07 remaining in the half.

Up 3-0 midway through the second half, Lee got free again on a breakaway and punched her fourth goal into the net with 17:08 remaining.